subchapter_subject: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_code: "522"
part_subject: "IMPLANTATION OR INJECTABLE DOSAGE FORM NEW ANIMAL DRUGS"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Specific Administrative Rulings and Decisions"
section_number: "522.840"
section_subject: "Estradiol."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 522.840"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 500 to 599"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)Specifications. Each silicone rubber implant contains 25.7 or 43.9 milligrams (mg) estradiol and is coated with not less than 0.5 mg oxytetracycline powder.
(b)Sponsor. See No. 058198 in § 510.600(c) of this chapter.
(c)Related tolerances. See § 556.240 of this chapter.
(d)Conditions of use. For implantation in steers and heifers as follows:
(1)Amount. Insert one 25.7-mg implant every 200 days; insert one 43.9-mg implant every 400 days.
(2)Indications for use. For increased rate of weight gain in suckling and pastured growing steers; for improved feed efficiency and increased rate of weight gain in confined steers and heifers. No additional effectiveness may be expected from reimplanting in less than 200 days for the 25.7-mg implant or 400 days for the 43.9-mg implant.
(3)Limitations. For subcutaneous ear implantation in steers and heifers only. Safety and effectiveness have not been established in veal calves. A withdrawal period has not been established for this product in preruminating calves. Do not use in calves to be processed for veal.